Doctors warn three UK hunger strikers face life-threatening risks

LONDON, Jan. 10 (YPA) -Doctors and activists warned on Saturday that the lives of three detainees held in British prisons are at risk after they launched hunger strikes, demanding their release and the revocation of the designation of the group “Palestine Action” as a banned organization.

At nearly 70 days, 31-year-old Heba Muraisi has spent the longest on hunger strike and her friends say her health is slowly deteriorating.

Another hunger striker, Kamran Ahmed, 28, was admitted to hospital for a fifth time earlier this week after developing a heart complication on day 58 of his hunger strike, Sky News reported, citing his family.

Lewie Chiaramello: 40 days on hunger strike Chiaramello, 22, has type 1 diabetes and hence, he has been fasting every other day.

The prisoners are charged with alleged break-ins and criminal damage targeting facilities linked to Elbit Systems, including its UK subsidiary in Bristol and a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire. They deny all charges.

The prisoners are also calling for an end to UK support for companies supplying weapons to Israel.

Their lawyers note that the detainees will have spent more than a year in custody by the time of their trial, exceeding the standard legal detention limit of six months.

Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist who has studied prison hunger strikes for two decades, told Sky News that prolonged fasting carries a serious risk of permanent harm or death, including neurological damage, cognitive impairment.

A letter signed by 50 Members of Parliament urged the government to respond “with humanity,” warning that independent physicians believe the hunger strikers have entered a critical phase in which their health could deteriorate rapidly and irreversibly.

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